Speaker of the House
SLP2000031705- 17 MARCH 2000- CREVE COEUR, MISSOURI, USA: Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert (R-ILL), is greeted at the St. Richard Catholic School by 11-year-old Ashley Long, as 14-year-old Richard Johnson (L) and 13-year-old Scott Smith, look on, March 17. Hastert, along with Congressman Jim Talent (R-MO) visited the school to speak to students, parents and faculty about the Education Savings Accounts, (ESA). ESA's allow parents to place as much as $2 thousand per year, per child in a designated savings account. bg/Bill Greenblatt UPI
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